Our friend and his wife suspected their computer was the root of the problem, I thought it sounded like someone had obtained their credit card and online banking details via their PC running Windows XP, they asked me to take a look, what i found was an insight into the poor security of Microsoft operating systems that are effected by certain exploits that are not patched.Ī) on first inspection the Microsoft XP computer seemed 100% ok On his other credit card an account was created using and attempted payments were placed for processing - only when amazon warned our friend did he discover the other transactions Also on his credit card, 5 items were purchased totalling £1800 in the same 24 hour periodĤ. Within 8 hours of the payment arriving in the building society account, it was effectively stolen by online hackers by money being transferred in two £2000 lump sumsģ. Our friend received a payment from his employer as a temporary worker for a series of projects he completed, part of this payment he placed in a building society account which can be accessed by online web browser based services only.

A close friend of mine who has asked to remain anonymous has had a nightmare scenario with a his home computer, a warning to all of us.ġ.

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